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I decided to buy the evo,because I haven't found the mushkin in my city
I decided to buy the evo,because I haven't found the mushkin in my city
With the evo you can't go wrong. You have to buy what you can find in your neck of the woods.
All things being equal I just bought a 840 Pro. My previous SSD's are all Crucials then broke ranks with a Samsung 830 and a cheaper than dirt OCZ Vertex III on a whim. I've been very pleased with all of them.
Last edited by linnemeyerhere; 19 Jan 2014 at 14:21.
I favor the Samsung Pros myself (my boot drive on my desktop is a 128GB 840 Pro) but, when I wanted to replace the 500GB spinner in my notebook, I just couldn't justify the expense of a SSD that cost significantly more than the notebook itself so, when they went on sale late last year, I snagged a 500GB 840 EVO. Even then, it and the RAM upgrade I did a little later (8GB from 4GB) together cost as much as the notebook (RAM is outrageously expensive right now). I primarily use the notebook only on trips longer than a day trip (and I don't travel as much as I use to) so it gets light use; unless something just out and out breaks, that EVO will last through this notebook and probably the next one.
I would love to add a large ssd to my lappy I waited till a 256gb went deep on sale and pulled the trigger with 8 gb of ram the lappy is amazing and it's only a i3. I then grabbed a 64gb sd card and a 128gb usb 3 stick for added travel needs and it works perfect.
A 256gb was all I could afford or justify but soon we'll be installing 1tb SSD's and laughing about way back when when we struggled to justify a 60gb SSD.
In 1998 I paid $221 dollars for a 4.3 Gig Western Digital hard drive. Contrast that to $175 for a 2TB Western Digital Caviar Black HD in 2012 or $212 for a Samsung 840 Pro 256 SSD drive a few weeks back.
My how times have changed :)
As to the OP's question, the enthusiast in me says get the better performing SSD drive. A Yugo may be a car, and it may get you from point A to B, but it's still a Yugo
BTW good choice with the EVO.